BELIEVE

Dear friends,
I’m currently taking an E-course in personal development. I found today’s lesson absolutely awesome. So I decided to summarize it based on my understanding and share it with you all.
Do you know when you truly believe something - have faith that it will happen – then it really will happen. All you have to do is believe. I particularly love the song ‘when you believe’ by Mariah and Whitney Houston and I always relate to it whenever I’m in doubt or fear of the outcome of different situations I find myself.
Now I know a lot of people don't completely accept that idea and then there are those who say they practice it - but really don't truly practice it - they just think they do.But there are those who are living examples of this concept -people who truly practice Believing and have great success.Have you ever wondered why or how they do that?
Well it's really not that complicated and in this post,you're going to discover the simple steps behind the Power of Believing. For you to establish your power of believing - so that you achieve your goals - you need to have a number of elements in place before this Power of Believing can help you achieve your goals. When you follow the steps that I outline you will be working with the power of believing and you will propel yourself toward success. Before I get into how to utilize the power of believing I think it's important to give you a little background and I thought it would be more helpful to look at some concrete information that proves - what you believe is what you get.
Recent studies show that a person who believes they are truly sick and that they are going to die will not fare as well as someone who believes they can recover and will survive. And those who believe the will get better usually go on to live a healthy lifestyle. Today in New York City - doctors at Sloan-Kettering cancer center are teaching cancer patients the power of Positive thinking and how their beliefs will impact their chances of survival. Since the turn of the Century (2000 and forward) researchers have begun taking closer look at the impact the state of a person's mind has on their health and life. Those that have completed their studies have found that what we think and the state of our mind have a direct impact on our life, reality and health.
For example: a person who is constantly stressed, spends little or no time meditating, has a negative or bleak outlook on life is more prone to sickness, will have an unhealthy lifestyle and is more likely to be in an unstable relationship. A person who takes time to meditate, has a positive outlook and believes he or she can and will cope is more likely to be in better health, look younger and will have more positive fulfilling relationships. So how does what we believe impact our lives?
What you believe is what you get!
I think that about sums it up. Now I know some of you may not accept that - but here's what  happens when you believe something. If you believe that relationships are difficult and require a lot of work - then you'll only attract people who will make the relationship difficult or force you to put a lot of work into it. More importantly - if you worry about something - you basically believe the worst and you'll likely get the worst. That doesn't happen all of the time and there is a reason for it not happening all of the time. Even though you worry - a small part of you is hopeful that you'll have a positive outcome and thus a complete disaster is often avoided. However, if you were to only worry and think of the worst at all times - never being hopeful - then you could be setting up yourself for a massive disaster. But there is more to believing than just creating beliefs. Having positive beliefs is the first step toward creating a positive and successful life. Believing is something completely different. Here's an example: You may have positive beliefs about money; you may have a belief that there are plenty of ways to make money. But if you don't believe that you will make money - you won't make the amount that you are hoping for.
A belief is the way you feel about something - it's deeply rooted and if I asked you a question about it you'd have an answer. Believing something is trusting that what you want can and will happen. There is not a single doubt that it will happen - you completely trust and know that it will happen. Many people I speak to are missing this element in their daily lives. They'll do all of the other work that is necessary to achieve their goals - but they can't get this element of believing into their system.So how do we begin believing so that we can create the life we want?
Change Your Beliefs
In many ways we've been raised to not believe. If you can't see it - it's not real (seeing is believing) - that's what we're taught. But believing is vital to our survival and success. If we could only believe that everything would work out and trust that what you want can and will happen - you'd have remarkable results. Your life would change in ways you never thought possible. But for some reason - most people just can't believe that things will workout for them. They look at past results and judge their future on those results.
Let me ask you a few simple questions:
Do you believe, without a doubt, that you can and will have
everything that you want in life?
Do you believe without a doubt that you will be guided to the right
situation at the right time - no matter what you will get to where
you want to be in life?
Do you believe, without a doubt, that there is always a way to
achieve your goals - you just have to find it?
If you answered no or maybe to any of the above questions - then you don't believe - and therefore won't be able to accomplish your goals and live the life you want. Believing requires a complete trust that everything will workout. That you will do your part in finding solutions while trusting and knowing that you can and will get what you want out of life.
Here's an example of believing that most of us can relate to on some level. If you have a child or if a friend or a relative has a newborn child - then think about that child for a moment. Think about the earliest time that you saw that child. Remember when it couldn't even feed itself or make a sound. It hadno motor coordination and didn't really recognize things very well. Now assuming this was a healthy child - when it was at that stage - did you or it's parent - ever doubt that it would learn to walk?
The answer is no. Everybody was convinced; everybody believed that the child would learn to walk. That's the kind of belief I'm talking about that's needed to achieve your goals. You have to believe that things will workout - no doubts - just trust in yourself, your inner powers and the powers that be - that everything will workout and it will.

Stay Inspired
Uhanan Mimi

INTENTIONS

Life is filled with many reflections that often appear to be coincidental. Acts of Love and faith come back several times to those people who first shared these acts with others. They did so expecting nothing in return. However there will always be reflections of thought and action.
In the words of Eric Hoffer , "It is not so much the example of others we imitate as the reflection of ourselves in their eyes and the echo of ourselves in their words."Just Like a healthy tree bears fruit yearly; your outer life will always mirror/reflect your inner being. Your attitude and self talk will always reflect back from your outer world.There is this common saying my mum always points out, "You'll get from a thing exactly what you put into it."In other words whatever you give is what you get in return or what you sow is what you reap. A farmer never sows good seeds and reaps a bad harvest. Actually, the fact is you’ll get in return multiple of what you give. No matter what you want to achieve, one of the most powerful forces with which to begin your dream is INTENTION. Intentions enforce and drive thoughts and action.
Intention is more than a wishing, dreaming or having an "I'll try it and see" attitude. Intention is power-driven by God-given faith and courage to draw a plan, act on the plan, and see it through to the best of your ability. Good intentions lead to good deeds and actions and vice versa.
When we move further with the intention to achieve, the reflections we get in return will be strong and clear. They will bring to us the circumstances and events that move us closer to our dreams.
Ideas can appear that seem to extraordinarily give ways around the most puzzling situations. These ideas are just the foundation of the reflections inspired by faith and intentions. Have you ever found yourself in a situation that you knew very well that your good intentions/ deeds in the past paid off? It has happened several times to me. Usually, whenever this happens, I tell myself”It pays to be good” while smiling and reflecting. Someone reading this might argue this” Not all the time”. Yes, not all the time but most of the time. Good intentions or motives bring good / positive outcome. If you have good intentions for yourself and others, that good heart of yours will bring you blessings.
As grownups we already have a conscience to know what is right and wrong and what is good and bad. Though, there are situations that leave us confused. A good way to test your intention is to ask yourself before planning; making a decision or even taking actions is what my reason for doing this is? Or why? As the case may be. Is your answer tending toward good or evil? Is it selfish or selfless? Is it good or bad? From your answer, you will know if it’s a good intention or not. Better still, you can pray, I particularly love this prayer of the psalmist.“Search me O God, and know my heart, Test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me and lead in me to the way that is right and everlasting” I also love the fact that God knows each of our intentions and our hearts and he Judges and rewards accordingly. God is not man to judge by outward action.
Someone once said to me “Mimi I want to get myself the latest home theater”. And I smiled back and said to him it was a nice idea but I asked if he really needed it and why now? Sadly, His answer was because a friend of his had one and he wanted to have it too not necessarily because he needed it at the moment. Obviously, his envy and lack of contentment drove him to compete with his friend who was not even aware it. I personally don’t think his intention was right. It was selfish .So is the same with giving. People give for so many reasons. Some do it to be noticed, some to get a good public reputation and approval for themselves etc. All of these are selfish and they never pay off in the future.
WHAT IS IT THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE REFLECTED BACK INTO YOUR LIFE?
Hold on to your vision strongly and clearly in mind without hesitating. Give generously to people to solve their different problems if you can. Give your friendship, your time, your encouragement, kind words, help/support, money, gifts, resources, best wishes and blessings, prayers etc but most importantly, do it for the right reasons. Even though sometimes it may not be appreciated, it will surely pay you off later and then you'll remember and it will make you smile. Your inspired reflections and good intention will help toward achieving the most cherished dreams and desires of your heart!

Stay Inspired.

Mimee pk Musa